Why women earn less than men
Thursday, October 20, 2011
According to statistics, women earn 75% of what men do. Prof. Steven Horwitz at St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY, analyzes the situation and tells us why.
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fair enough assessment. I'm a woman (working as a scientist) and luckily have never ever felt even the slightest hint of discrimination. I also cannot imagine myself or any of my female being paid less than my male colleagues. I would not see how the employer could ever get away with that. If anyone were in this position I would be infuriated. I truly hope those times are over, and the payment gap we see is indeed due to the reasons outlined.
He is cherry-picking his studies.
http://www.epi.org/publication/webfeatures_snapshots_20050914/
The background on this video and the narrator is more than suspect deserves looking into.
but how do you analyze these averaged numbers objectively? Those who support that the wage gap exists: does that mean that in the same company two people doing the same job will get paid differently depending on their gender? And what kind of company policy would ever allow that? Let's say you have two computer programmers, two bank consultants, two doctors all working for the same employer. Do they receive different paychecks? Because to me, an average number is much easier explained by that exact fact: it's an average. If a woman's job was interrupted by a maternity leave, she will have earned less than a man who took no paternity leave but worked throughout the same time period. I'm a woman and I detest sexism and discrimination, but I also want objective opinions and facts
I suppose part of the problem is promotion-related pay increase which men may obtain easier than women of the same profession due to gender discrimination
So are you Helen. The guy explained why the logic in the study you linked to is flawed. Comparing education levels doesn't make sense if you're not comparing wages in different fields.